I Quit Counting Calories

When I first started trying to get healthy and lose weight, I joined MyFitnessPal in order to track calories. It was a recommendation from my doctor, in order to train myself to eat like a “regular “human again.

It was hard.

After all, I was used to annihilating whole Red Baron pizzas and pints of Ben & Jerry’s in one meal without discomfort.

That was 2013. And I’ve logged 815 days straight on this app to try to teach myself how to eat.

Are you a LOST fan? I am. This seemed like the perfect day to stop.

So, I decided to quit on Friday. Not only had it become a chore about a year or so ago, but I was actually using it to cheat myself. For instance, if I saw that I had 200 calories left in a given day, I would devote it to eating Nutella straight…